Two dominant signal callers in Dylan Nahra and Ryan Downes are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Boca Ciega Pirates are taking a road trip to face off against the Booker Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boca Ciega is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Jefferson a 42-0 shutout. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Pirates just coasted through the last quarter.
Nahra continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 152 yards and three touchdowns. What's more, he also racked up 19 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in September. Walter Flounory was in the mix too, providing Boca Ciega with two touchdowns.
Boca Ciega wouldn't let Jefferson keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Boca Ciega can thank Raymond Smith Jr and Christian Collins-Murray for forcing both of them. Smith Jr has become a key player for Boca Ciega: the team is undefeated when he posts at least one forced fumble, but 4-5 otherwise. Boca Ciega got some further help from Dontaivious Nelson: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Booker waltzed into their game on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They breezed by the Sharks to the tune of 43-7. Given the Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Sharks are ranked 251st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Booker pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.3 points per game. As for Boca Ciega, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-5.
Boca Ciega was taken down by Booker 48-12 in their previous meeting back in October. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Boca Ciega was down 34-12.
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